A deep learning method to detect opioid prescription and opioid use disorder from electronic health records.

Journal: International journal of medical informatics
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: As the opioid epidemic continues across the United States, methods are needed to accurately and quickly identify patients at risk for opioid use disorder (OUD). The purpose of this study is to develop two predictive algorithms: one to predict opioid prescription and one to predict OUD.

Authors

  • Aditya Kashyap
  • Chris Callison-Burch
    Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
  • Mary Regina Boland
    Department of Mathematics and Data Science, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA 15650, United States.